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The spectacle stirred outrage in the Jewish state, where many view the settlers as opposing coexistence with a future Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

Settlements delay release of generic drugs, FTC says (The Charlotte Observer)
Drug companies increasingly are reaching legal settlements that delay the introduction of cheaper generic medicines and cheat Americans of billions of dollars in savings, regulators said Wednesday to lawmakers seeking to ban the agreements. The Federal Trade Commission and others allege the settlements allow brand-name pharmaceutical companies to pay off would-be generic competitors, which then ...

Georgia Grants Licensing to Life Settlement Solutions (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
SAN DIEGO----The state of Georgia recently enacted life-settlement provider licensing requirements, and Life Settlement Solutions Inc., one of the nation's premier sources of life-settlement funding, was among the first life-settlement providers to receive a license under the law.

Despite the removal of its settlements in 2005, Israel maintains a form of occupation [GALLO/GETTY] (Aljazeera)
Israel controls life in Gaza with an "invisible hand", despite its "disengagement" from the area over a year ago, according to a new report by an Israeli rights group.